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    <center>Scilab Function</center>
    <div align="right">Last update : April 1993</div>
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      <b>star</b> -  (*) multiplication operator</p>
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      <font color="blue">Description</font>
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    Multiplication. Usual meaning. Valid for constant,
    boolean, polynomial, rational matrices and for <tt>
        <b>syslin</b>
      </tt> lists (the meaning is series connection)</p>
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    Element-wise multiplication is denoted <tt>
        <b>x.*y</b>
      </tt>. If
    <tt>
        <b>x</b>
      </tt> or <tt>
        <b>y</b>
      </tt> is scalar (1x1 matrix) <tt>
        <b> .* </b>
      </tt>
    is the same as <tt>
        <b>*</b>
      </tt>.</p>
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    Kronecker product is <tt>
        <b>x.*.y</b>
      </tt>
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      <font color="blue">See Also</font>
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    <p>
      <a href="../elementary/mulf.htm">
        <tt>
          <b>mulf</b>
        </tt>
      </a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="../elementary/syslin.htm">
        <tt>
          <b>syslin</b>
        </tt>
      </a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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